Monthly Communication Report

Registrant name:	Sarah Smith
Client:	Chiefs of Ontario
Associated registration:	962952-383915-2
Communication date:	2026-04-23
Posted date:	2026-05-12

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:	Subra Mir, Paralegal Justice Canada (JC) Owen Ripley, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Justice Canada (JC) Darlene Bess, Assistant Deputy Minister Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) Seetal Sunga, Acting General Counsel Justice Canada (JC) Genevieve Charrois, Director General Parks Canada (PC) Footnote1 Grace Tang, Manager Canadian Heritage (PCH) Krista Robertson, Director General Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) Philippe Thompson, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) Julie-Anne Lemire, Director Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Footnote1 Laurie Sargent, Assistant Deputy Minister Justice Canada (JC)
List of Details Subject matter Detail Aboriginal Affairs, Justice and Law Enforcement Meetings with Public Office Holders and elected officials to support residential school commemoration, combat denialism and implement the Murray report obligations. This work includes proposing amendments to Bill C-9 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places).
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